# rab
## Translingual
### Symbol

rab
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Chamling.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Chamling terms

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian раб (rab), from Old Church Slavonic рабъ (rabŭ), from Proto-Slavic *õrbъ. Doublet of rob, an inherited form.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrap]

### Noun

rab m anim
* serf, slave
    Synonyms: nevolník, otrok

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “rab”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “rab”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from a South Slavic language, perhaps from Serbo-Croatian ра̏б / rȁb, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *orbъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrɒb]
* Hyphenation: rab
* Rhymes: -ɒb

### Adjective

rab (not comparable)
* captive
    Antonym: szabad

#### Derived terms

* rabszolga

### Noun

rab (plural rabok)
* captive, prisoner

#### Derived terms

* raboskodik
* rabság
* gályarab
* rabul ejt

#### Descendants

* → Old Slovak: rab
** Slovak: rab

### References

* ↑ rab in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* rab in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Old Slovak
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian rab, from Serbo-Croatian ра̏б / rȁb, from Proto-Slavic *õrbъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”).

### Noun

rab m pers (female equivalent rabkyňa)
* slave
    Synonyms: otrok, nevoľník
* captive, prisoner
    Synonym: väzeň

#### Derived terms

* rabstvo n

#### Descendants

* Slovak: rab

### References

* Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “rab”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian раб (rab).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrap/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ap
* Syllabification: rab
* Homophones: Rab, rap, wrap

### Noun

rab m pers
* (obsolete) slave, servant
    Synonyms: niewolnik, sługa
** 1935, Wacław Sieroszewski, Beniowski:Więc wolność dla was to możność przewodzenia innym i uciskania ich, bo tutaj nie można niczem innem być, ino rabem albo katem...So freedom for you is the ability to lead others and to oppress them, because here you can be nothing other than either a slave or a torturer...

#### Declension
### Further reading

* rab in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* rab in Polish dictionaries at PWN

### Anagrams

* bar

## Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak rab, from Hungarian rab, from Serbo-Croatian ра̏б / rȁb, from Proto-Slavic *õrbъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”). Doublet of rob, an inherited form.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [rap]

### Noun

rab m pers (female equivalent rabkyňa or rabyňa, relational adjective rabský)
* (literary) slave
    Synonyms: otrok, nevoľník, (dialectal) rob

#### Derived terms

* rabstvo n

### Further reading

* “rab”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Volapük
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Rabe (“raven”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɾab]

### Noun

rab (nominative plural rabs)
* raven (genus Corvus, crow family Corvidae)

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

#### Hypernyms

* böd
* nim

#### Hyponyms

* hirab
* jirab
* rabil
* rabül
* vietarab

#### Derived terms

* rabanäst
* rabanög

#### See also

* krov
* piak

## White Hmong
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Hmong *traŋᴬ (“classifier for tools”), borrowed from Old Chinese 張 (OC *taŋ, *taŋs, “classifier for flat things (originally things like bows and zithers)”). Cognate with Proto-Mien *truŋᴬ (“classifier for tools”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʈa˥/

### Classifier

rab
* classifier for implements tools, utensils, i.e. for things with a handle and used with the hands
    ib rab diav ― a spoon

### References

* Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 274.
* ↑ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, pages 66-7; 231; 282.